Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
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The Mankato Congr' .ational conference
meets at Waseca June { md 5.
The st. Cloud council appropriated 1900 to
maintalR weekly band concerts.
Three valuable horses afflicted with CHAMBERS
were killed at Litchfeld Sunday. They were
the property OF Geo. Nelson.
Duluth is In hopes Of having an extensive
packing and canning establishment located
In that city In the pr.r future.
The own of Tow r, between st. Paul and
Duluth, had q narrow escape from being
burned down from mber fires.
A brace OF tramps created quite a scare at
Dulut Saturday by claiming to have dyna-
mite in their possession. They were ugged.
Claim shanties are going up and claims are
being taken up at Wheaton by the hundred
since the presidents favorable action has be.
com known.
A slugging match Is booked for Saturday
evening at Barncsville, between Townsley and
Welch. Light gloves will be used, the win
ner to have 500 and gate receipts.
A man named VIM. Able was arrested near
Dundee charGe,t with attempting rape upon "a
Sil VI NNtls ~ was Scluilillbtu W Idll u
await the action OF the grand jury.
Edward Johnson, aged fifty, while working
in Remquist y )s'. saw mill at Collinwood
lake, was accidentally killed, being sawed
into three part.. He leaves a wife.
is marked "a. II. Whitney," and he has a
meal ticket on Davis restaurant, st. Paul.
He can give II account Of himself.
~, $50, .g - 81 ..sI 1;A-.4. .L-.4
w and a J If miles west Of Chatfield were
totally DESTROY l by fire Tuesday morning.
Loss about s. 100, and &c Insurance.
An open sN itch caused the wreck OF a
reight train gong west, thirteen miles east
Of Minot. TIE engine and nine cars were
dltched and t. engineer and fireman killed.
Rev. w. NJ. Martin, Of st. Cloud, caused the
arrest of a swindler named Small for procur-
ing money ly false pretense. Small played
the religious r ,cket and worked on the SYM
patbies OF the good pastor.
As.Ag OF five young toughs we're arrested
ia Minneapolis a few days ago and locked up.
Trey are supposed to be the chaps who raided
several Chinese wash houses one Sunday
o oit two weeks ago, while the Celestials were
attending Sunday school. About $500 was
81, len.
County Superintendent Levins OF Albeit
Ira was sentenced to pay a fine OF 500,
which, II not paid in thirty days, Will be fol-
loved by imprisonment il the county Jail for
lit /. TIE case grew cut Of a statement Of
Lr'lns that John A. Lovely, Republican can
dis.te FOR congress last fall, was drunk the
da' .fter election.
Twenty-Five business houses In Cannon
Falls IN the business center Of the town were
wiped out Saturday night. The loss is at least
$500 900. Yale, Clifford Ettergreen, johnson,
Lidstraud, Ellsworth, Thorsell, Citizens bank,
Ellsworth house, Rietz, Nelson, Schurch,
Rodgers, Hawkins and many other firms were
wiped out.
Charles Johnson, a farmer living east OF u.
Clout, went u own to get money enough TO
pay of his two hired men, who wanted TO
quit. GoirG back home, he met the men on
the Mississippi river bridge, and they he
handing their pay, he gave it TO them. lie
noticed they carried well filled v~aliscs, and
supposed 1t was their clothes; but on going
home he found tLat during his absence they
had stolen about everything OF value in the
house.
Aspecial from Albany says; Wednesday
morning ~ $50 Simon Keppler got into the
Cathoiic church through 8 window, and put
on the priests vestments and had q BURNING
candle in his hand, when one Of the sisters
opened the church door. She was so fright
ened tbet the tainted. The priest was called
aud with bis assistance the intruder was
shown the door. II was found that the young
man was insane. He was taken TO st. Cloud
by Constable George GENES, aud his parents |
notified Of his condition.
A ruction occurred at Benson Wednesday
night between the tracklayers Of the Benson
and Wotertown branch OF the Manitoba and
the sheriff and deputy sheriff, which resulted
In the sheriff getting terribly punished and
the deputy receiving severe treatment. One
OF the bel'igercnts has a frescoed eye, another
a broken bone in his hand and another a bull
let through the feshy part or the back of his
neck. The feeling seems to prevail through
the village that a general system OF boy
the crowd IA to getting strong drink
suoulu DC prdcllceu toward tne WaTIlke crew
Of tracklayers. They were not entirely at
fault III the matter, as they were leaving the
town for their boarding car at the time the
occurred.
About 3 O'Clock Wednesday morning a fire
supposed to have originated In A. Fredericks'
smoke house in the rear of his meat market
In Austin was discovered by Chas. Taylor, but
well under Roadway and before the alarm
could oe given the whole building was envel-
oped in flames and soon spread to the adjoin-
ng buildings, but az soon as the fire company
it did heroic work and after a few
hours had the fire I'm check. The following
ire the losses: A. Fredericks, building, /,
4 900; A.. Fredericks, contents, 3 1900; In
$4,000; William Richards, building,
1000, insurance, $500; James Garaghty,
damage on building, $500, insurance, &, 600;
James Crsm, stock, 81 200, insurance, $1,000;
W. f. Bowen, damage on stock, 81, 1900, insur-
.nce, $2,5C0; Decker & Lewis, $500, fully Gov
red by insurance.
Brainerd special 18th. Forest fires are rag
ng with considerable destructiveness along
he river northeast OF Brainerd, and two or
.hree townships were burned up to to-night's
'eport. A heavy rain falling this evening has